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11 Endura Decryption Utility
Endura Decryption Utility Overview
The optional Endura Decryption Utility (EDU) lets you restore data with a minimum of
equipment, which may be important in recovering data following a crisis or disaster. Use this
command-line utility on a host that is running Linux and has one or more tape drives
connected and online. The EDU utility decrypts the data stored on tape and writes it to the
same or a different tape. You can then restore the data with the backup software used to back
up the data.
Requirements
To decrypt data, assemble the following:
• Tapes with encrypted data
• Tape(s) to hold decrypted data (optional but recommended)
• The key or keys required to decrypt the data; the keys must be stored on media that the
host computer can read.
• The password or passwords that are used to access the key.
• The EDU binary stored on media that the host computer can read.
• A host running Linux; Red Hat Enterprise Linux running kernel 2.4 or 2.6 is recommended.
• Two stand-alone SCSI-attach drives that the host computer can read from and write to
- or-
One stand-alone SCSI-attach drive that the host computer can read from and write to.